OnePlus X

It's here and it looks really good! The OnePlus X is a new beautiful phone by OnePlus focusing on design. I'm happy to have worked together with this great team again, after receiving an excellent response on the wallpapers I made for OnePlus 2.

This time, I had almost no time to complete the wallpapers since we were on a tight schedule. Since they had a ready-made concept on how the phone should be presented, the wallpapers had to follow the concept. Therefore, the wallpaper had to be completely black on all edges and it had to form a clear X from the center point.

I started off by making a bunch of wallpapers, this time by experimenting more with traditional painting. 

I made around ten different paintings using acrylics. I photographed them and tried to somehow make them work with the style OnePlus wanted, together with some quick 3D elements. The first experiment turned out like this (cropped):

Here're some examples of what I made

All wallpapers below are in full resolution and can be used on your OP2 or OPX

These artworks were made while closely following my own style and it was not really what OnePlus wanted this time. Therefore we started looking for inspiration, trying to find something that we liked that could work with the phone. After some time, we had developed this new concept, featuring liquid metallic forms floating in space!

It took some time to finalise this design and to be honest, the wallpapers never got 100% finalised before they had to be shipped out to the phones in production. I'm happy with the result, but it could have been better, I'm sure! :) 

Now, I'll publish the refined versions of the default wallpapers for OnePlus X right here:


Here're a few photos I found on the internet featuring the phone with the wallpaper. People really seem to like the phone and the design, it makes me very happy!

Feel free to contact me if you
want to discuss the wallpapers :)

Photo by: Josh Miller/CNET

Photo by: Josh Miller/CNET

Photo by: Josh Miller/CNET

Photo by: Josh Miller/CNET

Photo by: Vlad Savov/The Verge

Photo by: Vlad Savov/The Verge

Photo by: OnePlus

Photo by: OnePlus

I hope you like the wallpapers I made for the OnePlus X, please also check out the ones I made for OnePlus 2.

All the wallpapers in this article are in full resolution that you can use for your phone, they also fit perfectly with the OnePlus 2. Feel free to download them and use them as a wallpaper and please link back to this article! :) <3

If you want my help making wallpapers like this,
get in touch with my company Next Big Thing!

Lot's of love
/Hampus

Desktopography 2015

Hi there! Have you seen the wallpapers I made for the OnePlus 2 phone? If not, you can read more about that project over here. Today I have something else to share. I've made a new artwork for the exhibition Desktopography 2015. The theme is nature and it's the third year I'm showcasing my art for Desktopography. Here it is:

This time, I've made something pretty advanced. It took me over a year to finish this piece and I learned a lot while making it! It's made by using a Wacom pen tablet and some rendered 3D pieces I've put together. I really hope you like it! :)


Details:

Thank you! :)

New Office

It's been awhile, many things have happened! We, Next Big Thing just moved to a new wonderful office here in Goa. It´s an old yellow Portuguese house which we just now finished renovating. It feels great to be working from here, the vibe is perfect. See the office and like our page here.

And you might have noticed that I redesigned around here, a new logo and website! I hope you like it :)

I have many things going on, I can't show you just yet. What I can say is that I have been working on my own iOS game for a couple of months. I´m making it all by myself, so it will take some time, but I will have a website for the game up and running within a month!

Here´s an experiment I just made, combining two of my artworks.

Desktopography 2014 - Tengu

Hi there!

Sorry for not writing any blog posts in a long time. I've been very busy lately and I will have a lot of new interesting things to share with you soon. I still live in India, I probably fell in love with the culture and lifestyle over here.

I made a new artwork for Desktopography 2014, I'm extremely happy to show you this new piece called "Tengu"!

In a future world where forests extinction is near, where the ancient temples and the old world is buried in the sand. A new world emerge. A Tengu is overlooking the scene with a sad face.

Download the free wallpaper over at Desktopography. If you want to buy the art print, it's available right here.

I hope you like my new artwork, please share it! :)

Desktopography 2013

Have you heard about Desktopography? If you haven't, keep reading!

Every year, artists participate in creating a pack of wallpapers with the theme of nature. This year, I had the opportunity to join. Therefore I created Golden Mountain!

What we see everyday can really affect our mood and state of mind. Enhance your desktop with a wallpaper creation from Desktopography and feel the essence of nature and the outdoor existence on your computer. Bring tranquility to your desktop, feel the wilderness and give your background a breath of fresh air...
— Pete Harrison, Curator of Desktopography

Living in India

I moved to Panjim, Goa, India last week to start up a new office with the guys from work. We're planning on living here for about three months before going back to Stockholm.

 

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My experience so far has been great, life in Goa is wonderful. We live together in a big house with a large pool. The start up scene in Goa is emerging, we're here just in time. 

Our new office is located in the heart of Panjim, the picture above shows our rooftop view. We share the space with the wonderful people from Startup Goa.

Follow my Instagram feed for more updates of my life in Goa. 

Free shipping on my Art Prints!

I really want to thank everyone that bought my artworks at Society6, It feels awesome to know that my art is on your wall!

For you that haven't bought my prints yet, today I can offer you FREE SHIPPING* worldwide on Society6. But hurry, the offer expires december 9, 2012 at Midnight Pacific TIme!

Get 64 Watercolored lines for only $17.68!

Click here to get free shipping!

*Offer excludes Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases and Throw Pillows with insert.
Thank you!

64 watercolored lines available for print at Society6

64 watercolored lines available for print at Society6

Only Two weeks left

In two weeks I'll move to Stockholm to start working with my great friends at Webbdesigner! I'm really looking forward to this change. Being able to work with with a small group of people that you know and love is definitely awesome! We all have the same goals and will really strive to build something great!

It was difficult to tell Heppo I was going to leave. It's where I've been working for over two and a half years now and Heppo is like my little baby. What will happen now, who will take over the design command? I know it will work out fine, the guys at the office is really good at what they do!

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